Federal Agency Responses Reveal US Government Attitudes to Bitcoin
The US Senate committee due to begin hearings into 'virtual currencies' on 18 November has released the responses it received to its August 2013 requests for information on the topic from a number of federal agencies. Until the actual hearings begin, the letters provide one of the most detailed insights so far into how various US government authorities view bitcoin and its contemporaries. The requests from the Senate's Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) asked five agencies about their existing policies and procedures regarding virtual currencies, their level of....
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